I like your answer best so far. I wonder if you could find relevant statistics about prison populations just from sticking a lot of guys together for a long time. Some prisons work and some prisons don't. Does a prison go downhill when you throw violent offenders into the mix? What are mitigating factors to this, etc.

I totally want to do a homeless person flashmob where they all put their signs together and is spells "OJ murders Nicole. We don't know what this means but the top scientists of our time sent us into the future with this warning!"

Take the number of men in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of suicide, B, multiply by the average cost of training, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of allowing a transfer, we don't do one.

What do you think is the cause then? At risk individuals joining the military as an escape from a bad situation and then having to return home? Lack of jobs? Being ostracized due to the stigma of PTSD? Lack of jobs? Lack of life skills?